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It was a proud moment for Keatkeat today.

He was so happy, he rattled on the moment he saw me when I went to fetch him from school today, “Mummy, why did you say that ONLY Maths can get full marks? I got full marks for my English! English can get full marks too!
My English teacher said that I am the ONLY ONE who got full marks for the English (trial) Exam Paper in my class. And because of that, she used my paper to help the whole class to do corrections.
You see, (pointing at the red markings and yellow highlights made on his English (trial) Exam Paper) these were written by my English teacher. She drew on my paper to explain to the class and I just sit back and listen, don’t need to do anything.”

Me: “Well, I said Mathematics is the ONLY subject that can score full marks because, so long as you do your workings correctly and get the answer right, you will get your marks.
Unlike English and Chinese, because the languages test you on Comprehension. Different teacher has different standards, so some may not like the way you phrase your sentence and would deduct points. So it is more difficult to get full marks for English and Chinese papers.
I did not say it was impossible! But you did something that I have never achieved before! I have scored full marks for Maths paper when I was a kid, but never for any other papers! So Great Job, Keat! (squeezing him like a teddy bear…) I am sooooooo proud of you!” *Grin*

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Alright, so now he got full marks for his English (trial) Exam Paper, let’s see how well he would score for his ACTUAL English Exam Paper this Friday. *fingers and toes crossed*

***For some reason, the slideshow from Picasa could not work. If you want to look at his paper. You can click here:

English Exam Paper (Trial)

When he told me that his school gave him a mock Maths exam paper on Monday and that he was the FIRST to HAND IN his paper, I was a little skeptical as to how well he would perform. In fact, right after looking at my expression, he said, “Sorry Mummy, I didn’t check before I hand in the paper again.”

Me: “Why?”

Keatkeat: “Because I have never been the first to hand in any paper before. I want to feel good being the first.”

Today, his teacher returned him the paper….

Oh well, let’s see if it pays off:

I am so happy that the teacher gave Keatkeat’s class a trial test on how the Maths exam paper scheduled on 31 October 2011 would be like.

From this I will know what are the areas Keatkeat need more practice on before he tackles the ‘real thing’ at the end of the month.

Yet, when I looked at the paper, *sigh* …. it confirmed once again that it is his personality problem.

Carelessness:

Lack of concentration and being overconfident often lands him in this type of situation.

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Presumptuous:

The moment he saw this question, he assumed that it is a number bond. He did not bother to look at the arrow nor the numbers provided beside the arrows. When he could not see his ‘assumed answer’ in the multiple choice, he just pick any which he fancied.

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Laziness:

Since Primary One, he has been lazy to do the working for number pattern. He would ALWAYS look at ONLY two numbers in the whole line of number pattern and if the difference between that two numbers is +4, he would assume that the whole number pattern is based on that addition. *sigh*

He simply refused to check if the other numbers on the number line were a difference of +4 as well. Lazy! Assuming! *shake head*

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Over complicate things:

He feels that the empty box given is too big for ONE answer and so he chose to write two numbers in the boxes. *faint*

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Lack of Concentration Stamina:

It has become a trend for Keatkeat that he would ALWAYS get the last question on the last page of the paper wrong! *faint*

He often loses concentration-stamina faster than a falling metal ball towards the end of every paper. If he ever gets 99/100, I would not be surprise that the last point was lost in the last question of the paper. *sigh*

Because he did so well, he deserved a reward. We went out the whole day on today, forget about exam, forget about revision, forget about school work. Just play and enjoy fully for a day. He well-deserved it! *smile*

Well done Keatkeat! Hope you do as well as this for your Actual Maths Exam Paper end of this month. *fingers crossed*